Xie Mingyu coughed slightly at this moment, attracting everyone's attention to himself, and said with a bit of solemnity: "Everyone, Mr. Yang Ge comes here on behalf of the prince this time, which shows that the prince attaches great importance to us.
Since the foolish king wants to confiscate our homes and exterminate our clan, why should we just sit back and wait for death?"
The other family heads seemed to have a backbone, and they said with a bit of excitement on their faces: "Yes, the foolish king has no moral principles, so we will help the prince to overthrow this foolish king!"
Earlier, they all shouted that they wanted to rebel. In fact, they all knew that with their own strength, the most they could do was to make trouble in Yangzhou City. Compared to a behemoth like the Ming Dynasty, if they rebelled, they would probably be defeated in a few days.
Will be destroyed by the imperial army.
But rebelling is death, and not rebelling is also death. Why not struggle to the death?
But things are different now. King Ning's reputation is still quite big, especially once King Ning takes up the banner of Qingjun, it will more or less have a certain effect, and at least some officials will take a wait-and-see attitude in the early stage.
This is quite important.
If others raise an army to rebel, that is a rebellion. However, the Ming Dynasty has the precedent of Zhu Di, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, who was in trouble. Everyone's attitude towards the rebellion of the royal princes is quite ambiguous.
If King Ning can show great power from the beginning, he may not be able to be as powerful as the original founder Zhu Di.
In any case, following King Ning to rebel is completely different from rebelling on their own. To rebel on their own means they are struggling to their death without even a glimmer of hope.
But following King Ning to rebel, even if there is little hope, there is at least some hope, right? Once King Ning's rebellion succeeds, then they will all be following the dragon's merits.
Xie Mingyu said slowly: "Since we have decided to help the prince, we are like grasshoppers on a rope. We have boarded the big boat of the prince. How far the prince can go is directly related to our future and even our lives, even if it is for us.
You and everyone must let the prince see our sincerity."
Everyone was stunned when they heard this, but then Xie Mingyu said: "My Xie family is willing to offer 50,000 shi of grain and 300,000 taels of silver to the prince!"
The other family heads reacted immediately after hearing the words, and many of them had a look of contemplation on their faces. Fortunately, it was not impossible for them to accept it. As Xie Mingyu said, since they want to rely on Prince Ning, they must more or less do it.
Show some sincerity.
The few slaves they raised might not be able to attract the attention of Prince Ning, but their families were all wealthy.
The head of the family, Maude, was the first to say: "My Mo family is willing to provide fifty thousand stones of food and grass and one hundred thousand taels of silver."
The Mo family is a famous grain merchant in Yangzhou Prefecture. Their net worth may be much lower than that of the Xie family, but when it comes to hoarding grain and grass, even the Xie family cannot compare to the Mo family.
As Maude spoke, several other family heads were also weighing the situation. You will give 30,000 yuan, and I will give you 20,000 yuan in food, grass, gold and silver.
Just over a cup of tea, the dozen or so families present gathered together 300,000 shi of food and grass, and a total of more than 800,000 taels of silver.
This amount of food, grass, gold and silver is not a small amount. It can at least allow King Ning to raise tens of thousands more troops.
Besides, this is just a donation from these families. If it is really necessary, when King Ning opens his mouth, he may not be able to obtain more grain, grass, gold and silver from these families.
Xie Mingyu put down the brush in his hand and saw on a piece of silk the names of more than a dozen family heads present, as well as the amount of grain and silver they donated.
Xie Mingyu reached out and dipped his hand into the ink pad and pressed it on the silk without hesitation, on top of his name.
After doing this, Xie Mingyu's eyes naturally fell on more than a dozen family heads.
Although everyone was stunned by Xie Mingyu's actions, after reacting, they all stepped forward one by one, found their names on the piece of silk, and put their fingerprints on it.
If this piece of silk falls into the hands of the imperial court, it will directly confirm their accusation of rebellion. Of course, the emperor has already made a decree, and this silk is not important at all. Anyway, to the emperor, their families are all
All of them were sentenced to death by the emperor.
But this piece of silk is a clear proof of their allegiance to Prince Ning. With this letter of surrender, Prince Ning will definitely trust and reassure them more.
Shaking the silk, Xie Mingyu presented the silk to Yang Tinghe and said: "Mr. Yang Ge, here are the letters of nomination for the thirteen families of Yangzhou Prefecture. I also ask Mr. Yang Ge to forward them to the prince."
Yang Tinghe took the piece of silk with a smile on his face, glanced at it, nodded slightly and said, "Don't worry, everyone, Yang will definitely express your loyalty to the prince in front of the prince."
Everyone thanked Yang Tinghe one after another.
Not long after, all the family heads left and began to prepare food, grass, gold and silver.
Yang Tinghe and Xie Mingyu were the only two people left in the living room.
Yang Tinghe smiled slightly at Xie Mingyu and said: "This time it is thanks to the Xie family head. If it were not for the Xie family head, it would not be so easy for the prince to gain the support of these family heads."
Xie Mingyu shook his head and said: "You are ignorant and unethical. My father was forced to death by that eunuch. My Xie family and the court have a sworn hatred for Chu Yi, the eunuch. Even if I spend all my family wealth, I will help the prince to overthrow that eunuch."
The foolish king’s.”
Yang Tinghe said with a serious expression: "Master Xie is so loyal. If the prince knows about it, he will definitely be deeply moved. Yang will also speak kindly for Mr. Xie in front of the prince. If one day he can capture the eunuch Chu Yi, Mr. Xie may not have no chance.
Kill the eunuch with your own hands and avenge Sir Xie."
Xie Mingyu saluted Yang Tinghe and said in a deep voice, "I'll leave everything to Master Yang!"
Soon Xie Mingyu looked at Yang Tinghe and said: "Mr. Yang, I don't know when the prince is going to raise his troops. I, the Xie family, can also make preparations. When the prince arrives at Yangzhou City, we will open the city gate for him and welcome his army into the city.
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Yang Tinghe stroked his beard, his eyes sparkling, and he looked to the north in the distance: "When the prince will raise his troops, it depends on when the court will notice the prince's actions."
Xie Mingyu nodded slightly. These days, King Ning is recruiting troops and building weapons. This movement is getting louder and louder. Unless the officials of the imperial court are blind, otherwise, it will not be long before the emperor in the capital has received the news.
King Ning secretly reported that he wanted to rebel.
After glancing at Xie Mingyu, Yang Tinghe said: "But Mr. Xie doesn't need to worry. The people sent by the imperial court to Jiangnan have probably not arrived yet, and the prince's side has already raised the flag of righteousness!"
On the vast land of the North, a group of more than a dozen people were galloping against the wind and sand. The leader's face was wrapped in a gauze, with only his eyes exposed. There were more than a dozen strong guards beside him.
Looking from a distance, the vast expanse of land is a lush prairie.
The horse slowed down a little, and the guard leader Chen Ji drove his horse closer to Liu Yangzheng and said, "Master Liu, what do you think? Do you want to rest in front?"
Liu Yangzheng, who was riding on the horse, felt that his hip bones had lost all feeling. He gritted his teeth and said, "I can't rest. I came here specially to the outside of the customs on the order of King Ning, just to find the Tatars and seek cooperation. The imperial court may
When will I notice His Highness's little move? At that time, the prince will definitely raise the flag of the Qing Dynasty whether he is willing or not. If I can't contact the Tatars by then, once the imperial court mobilizes the border troops, I'm afraid
The prince's situation will be very bad."
This was not the first time Liu Yangzheng said this to Chen Ji and others, but Liu Yangzheng still said it over and over again. Otherwise, Liu Yangzheng might not be able to persist.
It has been more than half a month. During this half month, I first took a boat, then changed to a carriage. After finally getting out of the customs, I changed horses again. It can be said that I have to cover a distance of one or two hundred miles every day. Liu Yangzheng
I even doubted how I could persevere.
You must know that he is already over fifty years old, but his physical condition cannot be compared with that of Chen Ji and others. Even if Chen Ji and others were rushing all the way, they were all mentally depressed.
Chen Ji heard this and shouted to the subordinates behind him: "Buck up, everyone, now we have entered the territory of the Tatars. We will definitely find the Tatar tribe within a day or two at most. By then, everyone can relax."
Take a breath."
The sky is clear, the fields are vast, and the grass is blown by the wind, and cattle and sheep can be seen low.
On the vast land, a loud and clear sound of an eagle was heard, and then the earth shook. Soon, a black mass was seen, and at least hundreds of cavalry roared in.
The leader was wearing a sheepskin underneath and a gorgeous gown outside. He was drawing his bow and arrowing an arrow when he heard a hissing sound. More than ten feet away, a hare in the grass was shot through the head and nailed to the ground.
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One of the followers immediately cheered and stepped forward to pick up the hare and hang it on his horse.
Not long after, these people stopped in front of a clear stream. Among these people, dozens of cavalry naturally spread out in all directions to serve as guards, while others led some of the horses and began to feed them.
Some of them quickly pitched tents by the stream, set up bonfires, and began to skin the prey and hang it on racks for baking.
This group of people are obviously Tatars. Just look at the equipment of these cavalry. They are definitely not ordinary Tatars. At least they are nobles among Tatars.
If any Tatar tribe on the grassland saw it, they would definitely recognize that the leader was the current lord of the grassland, the third son of Dayan Khan, Balsborot.
After the decline of Oara, the Tatars revived. Dayan Khan unified the entire Tatars, annexed some Oara forces, and became the most powerful force on the grassland in one fell swoop.
Balsbrot was Dayan Khan's favorite third son, and he was ordered to directly take charge of the three largest tribes of 10,000 households in the right wing of Ordos, Tumed, and Yongshebu.
It is precisely that the three major tribes of Ordos, Tumote, and Yongshebu right wing are at the junction of the northern border of the Ming Dynasty, and Balsborot is obviously a restless leader who often connives and drives the tribes under his control to invade the border of the Ming Dynasty and plunder the Ming Dynasty.
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It can be said that the Ming Dynasty's frontier troops often faced harassment and invasion from the Tatar prince Balsbrot.
Balsborot took the roasted rabbit meat from his servant, took a bite, then took another sip of wine, then spit out the wine with a puff and said: "The wine brewed by Ming people is still delicious, and then drink this tribe.
The wine served is never good enough!”
When a Qianhu leader heard this, he couldn't help but said: "Prince, we haven't gone to Mingren territory for half a year to plunder. The wine we robbed earlier has been drank up by everyone!"
Balsborot took a bite of the rabbit leg in his hand and said: "I have already written to Father Khan. Seeing that the cold winter is approaching, the tribesmen are short of winter supplies. On the first day of winter,
Before the snow comes, we must go to the Ming Kingdom to bring back enough supplies, otherwise, after the cold winter, I don’t know how many people will die."
Chiersi, the official of Qianhu, said with a bright light in his eyes: "I think the Great Khan will definitely allow us to lead a large army into the Ming Dynasty and plunder a lot. Hahaha, this time my subordinates must snatch back a few Ming people's ladies.
Come back, the taste of a Akito woman..."
Seeing Chiersi's reminiscing look, Balsbrot couldn't help but smash the bones in his hand at Chiersi and said: "You bastard, you tortured each and every one of the dozens of Akito women in your tent.
Damn, when will you change your violent temper?"
On the vast grassland, if you are not familiar with the terrain, it is easy to get lost in this endless prairie.
Liu Yangzheng, who had chapped lips, felt that he was about to die. He had been in the prairie for four or five days, but he didn't even meet a single tribe. What was especially scary was that they found that they had lost their way.
At the beginning, Liu Yangzheng still had the energy to scold Chen Ji and others, but by now, Liu Yangzheng had no energy to even curse.
The horses under him moved forward feebly, and the group of people were all listless, with despair in their eyes.
The dry food they had on them had been exhausted two days ago. If it wasn't for hunting, they would probably have been starved to death. Even so, Liu Yangzheng felt that he could live like this for a day or two without having to live in the open.
Day, I was afraid that I was going to die.
If he had known this earlier, he would never have volunteered to advise King Ning to contact the Tatars for support.
If he had not suggested that Prince Ning use the power of the Tatars, I think he should be in the misty rainy south of the Yangtze River at this moment, sipping tea, enjoying the fragrance of red sleeves, and a beautiful family like flowers.
Suddenly, an exclamation was heard: "Look, there are fireworks ahead, there are fireworks ahead!"
On this boundless prairie, there may be no human habitation within a radius of dozens of miles. If fireworks can be seen, then there are nine out of ten prairie tribes nearby.
As long as there are people, they can survive.
Liu Yangzheng opened his eyes and looked around almost instantly. Sure enough, in the distance, a faint wisp of blue smoke rose up. If you didn't look carefully, you wouldn't even be able to distinguish it.
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ps: Recommend a book by a female channel "Empress Live Broadcasting Guide"
Jiang Pengji obtained something called the Gongdou Live Broadcast System.
System: "Your goal is to become the emperor's woman! (Concubine)"
Jiang Pengji: "Good system, no problem system!"
Many years later, Jiang Pengji finally achieved her goal and became the emperor's woman (empress).
Jiang Pengji: "Please praise me!"
System: "(╯‵□′)╯︵┻━┻I asked you to fight in the palace, whoever wants you to conquer the world on horseback!"
#The future general’s road to hegemony among princes in ancient times#
#The male protagonist watched Silence, and the system shed tears after watching it#
